School: Sliabh na Cille (roll number 14513)
- Location:
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0206, Page 415
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- (continued from previous page)horses hair from the people and they made brushes from the hair. Then they sold the brushes in the shops. In this way they made money. The people had more welcome for them long ago than now. They remained for a night in every district. They had no food with them. They got flour and meal from the people. Sometimes they went singly and sometimes in bands. The Connolly's were the best known in this district. They came mostly in the Summer. The people gathered around them and they told stories and they brought news from distant parts. They sang old songs also.(Cáit Nic Réill as on page 114)
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- Collector
- Cáit Nic Réill
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Francis Mc Grail
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 66
- Address
- Slievenakilla, Co. Leitrim
